09-22-2005, 12:37 AM
Minionman,Sep 21 2005, 04:20 PM Wrote:"Dteerrence" is whether having the death penalty around convinces other people not to kill. That seems pretty obvious.
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Don't try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs. I know what a deterrent is, and as I said, to me the deterrence feature of the death penalty is irrelevant, and not the issue. Got it? Detterence via death penalty is not a matter I consider in my pro or con position. It has been argued with some merit that it's not a great deterrent, other than as a pure prevention to recidivism, which is not deterrent, but instead pest extermination . . . which I am for.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete